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liner

1

[ lahy-ner ]

noun

  1. a ship or airplane operated by a transportation or conveyance company.
  2. Baseball. line drive.
  3. a person or thing that traces by or marks with lines. line.


liner

2

[ lahy-ner ]

noun

  1. something serving as a lining. line.
  2. a protective covering, usually of cardboard, for a phonograph record; album; jacket.
  3. a person who fits or provides linings. lining.

liner

1

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. a passenger ship or aircraft, esp one that is part of a commercial fleet
  2. Also calledeye liner a cosmetic used to outline the eyes, consisting of a liquid or cake mixed with water and applied by brush or a grease pencil
  3. a person or thing that uses lines, esp in drawing or copying
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

liner

2

/ ˈɪə /

noun

  1. a material used as a lining
  2. a person who supplies or fits linings
  3. engineering a sleeve, usually of a metal that will withstand wear or corrosion, fixed inside or outside a structural component or vessel

    cylinder liner

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of liner1

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English; line 1, + -er 1( def )

Origin of liner2

First recorded in 1605–15; line 2 + -er 1
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A detailed analysis of a full-sized digital scan of the Titanic has revealed new insight into the doomed liner's final hours.

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It is a jukebox musical of Celine Dion hits, where Celine herself hijacks a museum tour about the Titanic cruise liner in order to narrate her version of what happened the night the vessel sank.

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“We connected the same way two teenagers would, opening the liner notes and saying, ‘Look at these lyrics, look at this stuff.’

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They stressed that hazardous soil would be sent to landfills with liners and leachate collection systems — equipment that gathers and pumps out liquid waste that trickles to the bottom of the dump.

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In addition to the air pollution, the extreme heat has the potential to damage the protective liner underneath the landfill that prevents liquid waste from seeping into the groundwater beneath and migrating to neighboring areas.

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